دوشنبه

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Persian دو

Akkadian šapattumbor.?

Hebrew שַׁבָּתder.

Persian شنبه

Persian دوشنبه

دو (do) +‎ شنبه (šanbe), literally “two (days after) Saturday”. From Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫎 (dwšmbṯ /⁠dōšambat⁠/, “Monday”). The name of the city derives from the large bazaar that occurred on Mondays in the area.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [du.ʃan.bih], [du.ʃan.ba]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.be̞ʱ], [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.beː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.be̞ʱ], [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.beː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.beː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ʃäm.beː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.ʃæm.be]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ʃäm.be]

Readings
Classical reading?	du-šanbih, du-šanba
Dari reading?	du-šanbeh, du-šanbē
Iranian reading?	do-šanbe
Tajik reading?	du-šanbe

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Noun

Dari	دوشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	душанбе

دوشنبه • (došanbe)

1. Monday

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: düşənbə
• → Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşəmbe)
• → Gujarati: દુશંબા (duśambā)
• → Karakalpak: дүйшемби
• → Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı)
• → Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü)
• → Nogai: дуьйсемби (düysembi)
• → Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
• → Turkmen: duşenbe
• → Ushojo: دوشمبی (dōšambī)
• → Uyghur: دۈشەنبە (düshenbe)
• → Uzbek: dushanba

See also

• days of the week: روزْهایِ هَفْتِه (ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شَنْبِه (šanbe) · یِک‌شَنْبِه (yek-šanbe) · دوشَنْبِه (došanbe) · سِه‌شَنْبِه (se-šanbe) · چَهارْشَنْبِه (čahâršanbe) · پَنْج‌شَنْبِه (panj-šanbe) · آدینِه (âdine)/جُمْعِه (jom'e) ^[edit]

Proper noun

دوشنبه • (došanbe)

Dari	دوشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Душанбе

1. Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)